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| - | '''[http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard_and_the_law_of_karma.html Karma]''' is a measure of the activity of [[Maemo]] [[community]] members. | + | '''[http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard_and_the_law_of_karma.html Karma]''' is a measure of the activity of [[Maemo]] [[community]] members. Several factors are taken into account when counting a user's karma measurement, including: |
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| - | Several factors are taken into account when counting a user's karma measurement, including: | + | |
* Having a maemo.org account | * Having a maemo.org account | ||
| - | * Posting to core Maemo mailing lists | + | * Posting to core Maemo mailing lists |
* Commenting or rating Maemo news items, blog posts or products | * Commenting or rating Maemo news items, blog posts or products | ||
* Joining Garage groups related to products | * Joining Garage groups related to products | ||
| - | * Maintaining products on the | + | * Maintaining products on the Garage |
| - | * Writing blog posts | + | * Writing blog posts |
| - | * Opening new bugs | + | * Opening new bugs |
| - | * Commenting on bugs | + | * Commenting on bugs |
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* creating/editing wiki pages | * creating/editing wiki pages | ||
| - | * Posts on | + | * Posts on talk.maemo.org forum after you [[Link talk.maemo.org account with maemo.org profile]] |
* Thanks on talk.maemo.org forum | * Thanks on talk.maemo.org forum | ||
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Each of these is [http://trac.midgard-project.org/browser/trunk/midcom/net.nehmer.account/config/config.inc weighted] according to the activity to give the final karma total for a user. The maemo.org deployment of Midgard uses [https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/midgard-data/snippets/sitegroup-config/net.nehmer.account/config.php?view=markup&root=maemo2midgard a different set of weights]. | Each of these is [http://trac.midgard-project.org/browser/trunk/midcom/net.nehmer.account/config/config.inc weighted] according to the activity to give the final karma total for a user. The maemo.org deployment of Midgard uses [https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/midgard-data/snippets/sitegroup-config/net.nehmer.account/config.php?view=markup&root=maemo2midgard a different set of weights]. | ||
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The karma calculation for each of these is calculated as follows: | The karma calculation for each of these is calculated as follows: | ||
| - | * | + | * maemo.org account: 3 points |
| - | * | + | * Blog post: Blog posts are scored 1 + (number of favourites for post) |
| - | + | * Products: A product is defined as a release of a project for a specific Maemo release. Thus, if you maintain versions of your software for Bora and Diablo, you will double your karma for the project. A product is scored 1 + its average star rating ("price"), multiplied by the product modifier (7 on maemo.org). Thus, "MaemoPad+" has an average star rating of around 4.5, giving a karma weighting of 31.5 to its author, [[User:Disq]], for each version he maintains. | |
| - | + | * Discussion: One point per post to a core mailing list - maemo-developer, maemo-user or maemo-community | |
| - | + | * Comments and favourites: Two points per comment, 0.25 per favourite and 0.25 per bury | |
| - | * | + | * Groups: 3 points per group |
| - | * | + | * Wiki page edits: sqrt(edits) * 2 |
| - | * | + | * t.m.o posts: sqrt(posts) |
| - | * | + | * t.m.o thanks: sqrt(thanks) *8 |
| - | * | + | * bugzilla new bug reports: bugs * 4 |
| - | * | + | * bugzilla comments: sqrt(comments) |
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== Proposed improvements == | == Proposed improvements == | ||
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New modules will be needed for three or four new karma measurements: | New modules will be needed for three or four new karma measurements: | ||
* Bugzilla: It makes sense to split out three activities: how many bugs someone has created '''done''', how many comments they have made '''done''', and how many bugs they have resolved. | * Bugzilla: It makes sense to split out three activities: how many bugs someone has created '''done''', how many comments they have made '''done''', and how many bugs they have resolved. | ||
| - | * | + | * IRC: Perhaps use a bot to record daily comments? We need to measure how many IRC comments someone has made. |
One other major improvement to karma would be to calculate only the *new* karma which someone has received since the last run, and add it to the running total. This would allow us to devalue old karma over time, making recent contributions worth more than old contributions, while keeping important contributions around from old-timers who have moved on. Devaluation might be something like 2% per month - the easy way to do this it to multiply current karma totals for everyone by 0.98 at the end of each month, and keep adding new karma points as before. | One other major improvement to karma would be to calculate only the *new* karma which someone has received since the last run, and add it to the running total. This would allow us to devalue old karma over time, making recent contributions worth more than old contributions, while keeping important contributions around from old-timers who have moved on. Devaluation might be something like 2% per month - the easy way to do this it to multiply current karma totals for everyone by 0.98 at the end of each month, and keep adding new karma points as before. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=16 Community forum] is the place to discuss karma | * [http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=16 Community forum] is the place to discuss karma | ||
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